Here is the challenging vocabulary i defined! loquacious Function: adjective 1 full of excessive talk 2 given to fluent or excessive talk pious Function: adjective 1 a: marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b:marked by conspicuous religiosity <a hypocrite—a thing all pious words and uncharitable deeds — Charles Reade>2: sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular 3: showing loyal reverence for a person or thing 4 a: marked by sham or hypocrisy b: marked by self-conscious virtue 5: deserving commendation
pompous Function: adjective 1: excessively elevated or ornate <pompous rhetoric> 2: having or exhibiting self-importance 3: relating to or suggestive of pomp cacophony Function:noun 1: harsh or discordant sound 2: specifically : harshness in the sound of words or phrases catarrh Function: noun : inflammation of a mucous membrane ; especially : one chronically affecting the human nose and air passages blather Function: intransitive verb 1: to talk foolishly at length concoct Function: transitive verb Date: 1675 1: to prepare by combining raw materials <concoct a recipe> sacrilege Function: noun 1: a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God 2: gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing begrudge Function: transitive verb 1: to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure <begrudge money> <begrudged the weeks spent away from home> 2: to look upon with disapproval <begrudge their rivals' success> twinge Function :verb to affect with a sharp pain or pang intransitive verb to feel a sudden sharp local pain
douse (dousing) Function: verb transitive verb1: to plunge into water2 a: to throw a liquid on <douse the lights>intransitive verb: to fall or become plunged into water
limerick, ireland, where he lived. PRESENTATION PLANNING:
1. Who's bringing the binder? marissa can do it!
2. Handout- what's on it? i typed a short summary and had a picture and wrote that we will show the trailer. what else??
3. And who's doing what on it? i just explained that^^
4. Trailer as presentation? yes yes yes.
this is what i am thinking about so far for the setting background info:
ireland:1930s+40s, diseases(i.e. consumption), WWII, the great depression
Happy Birthday Katie.....I'm older than you!
oh, and heres my information about the author:
please tell me if I made any mistakes or if theres something I should add. --Katie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zLpf1XDNko
^^trailer
Here is the challenging vocabulary i defined!
loquacious
Function: adjective
1 full of excessive talk
2 given to fluent or excessive talk
pious
Function: adjective
1 a: marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b:marked by conspicuous religiosity <a hypocrite—a thing all pious words and uncharitable deeds — Charles Reade>2: sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular 3: showing loyal reverence for a person or thing 4 a: marked by sham or hypocrisy b: marked by self-conscious virtue 5: deserving commendation
pompous
Function: adjective
1: excessively elevated or ornate <pompous rhetoric>
2: having or exhibiting self-importance
3: relating to or suggestive of pomp
cacophony
Function:noun
1: harsh or discordant sound
2: specifically : harshness in the sound of words or phrases
catarrh
Function: noun
: inflammation of a mucous membrane ; especially : one chronically affecting the human nose and air passages
blather
Function: intransitive verb
1: to talk foolishly at length
concoct
Function: transitive verb
Date:
1675
1: to prepare by combining raw materials <concoct a recipe>
sacrilege
Function: noun
1: a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God
2: gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing
begrudge
Function: transitive verb
1: to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure <begrudge money> <begrudged the weeks spent away from home>
2: to look upon with disapproval <begrudge their rivals' success>
twinge
Function :verb
to affect with a sharp pain or pang intransitive verb to feel a sudden sharp local pain
douse (dousing)
Function: verb transitive verb1: to plunge into water2 a: to throw a liquid on <douse the lights>intransitive verb: to fall or become plunged into water
limerick, ireland, where he lived.
PRESENTATION PLANNING:
1. Who's bringing the binder? marissa can do it!
2. Handout- what's on it? i typed a short summary and had a picture and wrote that we will show the trailer. what else??
3. And who's doing what on it? i just explained that^^
4. Trailer as presentation? yes yes yes.
this is what i am thinking about so far for the setting background info:
ireland:1930s+40s, diseases(i.e. consumption), WWII, the great depression
Happy Birthday Katie.....I'm older than you!
oh, and heres my information about the author:
please tell me if I made any mistakes or if theres something I should add. --Katie